Improvement in buckles



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TO ALL WHOM'IT MAY CONCERN:

Bo it known that I, EDwAnD C. BLAKESLEE, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven, and State of n Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following, when and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

d drawings constitute part of this specification,

full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which sai and represent, in

Figure'l, a face view ofthe buckle complete.

Figure 2 the frame, and in Figure 3 the loop and tongues detached from the frame.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of buckles, penders, die., and consists in the peculiar manner of forming the loop an and their attachment to the frame.

To enable others to construct my improvement, I will procee accompanying drawings.

Ais the frame, formed' from wire or other metal; B B, the tongues; C, thek loop; the tongues and loop formed from a single piece'of wire by bending, as shown in fig. 3, so as to form pivots a, by returning the wire -short around, as clearly seen in fig. 3, then the two pivots are laid on to the frame at b, and the ends of the frame turned over the said pivots so as to hinge the two parts together and allow them to Work freely, the one upon the other, and the buckle is attached and operated in the usual manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described buckle, in which Athe tongues B B and loop C are formed in one piece, and so as to form bearings a a, which are hinged to the frame in the manner set forth.

such as are used for hoop-skirts, susd tongues from a single piece of metal.

d to describe the same as illustrated in the EDWARD C. BLAKESLEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, A. J. TIBBI'rsJ 

